Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

Intermediate elementary teacher. Passionate about explicit instruction and dodging edu-trends. Vancouver, British Columbia Joined December 2008

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James A. Furey @JamesAFurey

2 days ago

Periodic reminder that differentiation is a made up concept to make you feel guilty for not keeping up with the impossible task of teaching to vastly different skill levels.

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Zach Groshell @MrZachG

3 days ago

Really happy to be able to celebrate what Evergreen School Division is doing with other schools

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Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

3 days ago

Free online Math Summit to nerd out on this summer

Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD @nsachdeva2019

4 days ago

Global Math Intervention Summit (Aug. 6–8, 2026). My session, “Applying Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction,” will demonstrate how to transform Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction into practical, high-impact strategies for math. Register FREE here: resources.madeformath.com/global-math-in…

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Deepak Patel @x_deepakpatel

5 days ago

We give kids more praise than any generation in history. We also have a generation more anxious than any we've measured. Turns out praise was never the thing holding them up. Proof they can actually do hard things was. And we quietly stopped letting them collect any proofs.

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Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

4 days ago

100%- Often,the difficulty is getting kids to TRY because for years trey’ve probably been given false praise which has done nothing for their confidence. They need to experience success as a result of their effort to truly believe they’re capable of accomplishing hard things.

Deepak Patel @x_deepakpatel

6 days ago

Kids don't get confident from being told they're great. They get confident from doing hard things and finding out they can.

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Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD @nsachdeva2019

a month ago

Have you seen our centralized hub for researchED Canada? All rED Canada related things in one place. Check it out: research-ed-canada-hub.lovable.app @researchED1 @tombennett71 @researchEDCan @Educhatter @JimRChristopher @rastokke @johnmighton @JimHewittOISE @MegVertebrae @researchED_US

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Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly

a week ago

“They were so occupied with whether or not they *could*, no-one stopped to ask if they *should*” - Jurassic Park This is how I feel about AI.

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Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

a week ago

@oldcanadaseries We all miss the Bay! My second would be Eaton’s.

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Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

a week ago

Good point!

John Rosemond @JohnKRosemond

a week ago

A child who is always rescued from consequences never learns how to avoid them.

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Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71

a week ago

Trauma Informed Practice is extremely common in school discourse, particularly around behaviour. But it’s another area where extreme caution is advised, because the evidence for its effectiveness is still very thin. It *sounds* right (who wouldn’t want to be ‘trauma informed’?) but that doesn’t mean it works. A recent study funded by the @YouthEndowFund and the Home Office looked at the connection between TIP and children's behaviour and involvement in crime.

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Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71

a week ago

This super myth buster from Steplab about evidence-informed approaches to SEN/ additional needs provision. Summary: lots of things we sometimes think are useful, have no evidence to back them up, or weak evidence. In some cases they may even harm. Fidget spinners, Zones of Regulation, Mindfulness…just because we want something to work doesn’t mean that it does.

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Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD @nsachdeva2019

a week ago

@researchEDCan proposals due June 15, 2026. Be sure to submit your entry by June 15, 2026, can't wait to read it. forms.gle/Bfo8Wz4z36iyRJ… @researchED1 @JimHewittOISE

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Sassington, M.C. @MissSassbox

a week ago

really missing the days when people understood sarcasm without an explanation and actually enjoyed it

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David Didau @DavidDidau

a year ago

*NEW* Why the curriculum is probably not responsible for student attendance issues. Link in reply...

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Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov

2 weeks ago

Jo Facer makes this point beautifully in her book. Students who are impulsive, rude and self-centered in school don’t somehow magically transform into the sorts of valued employees who are considerate, collaborative and helpful. And of course almost everything we accomplish in our professional lives will be accomplished in groups serving the needs of some institution. The valorization of rule-less-ness is a lie and a disservice to students.

Barry Smith @BarryNSmith79

2 weeks ago

Schools often teach following are ok: arrive late, be absent; hide in toilets; wander corridors; be late from break; ignore instructions; be argumentative; lie; be aggressive; bully; claim you’re anxious/special for personal gain. No evidence.

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Anna Stokke @rastokke

2 weeks ago

"Observers found the project method to be the least effective mode of pedagogy...but the terminology shifted and the practice remained in different forms under different names such as 'discovery learning', 'hands-on learning',..."

Will Mac @MrMac_Math

2 weeks ago

Hirsch’s index of edu-lingo written in 1996 continues to be timeless. Here is an example of the rhetoric traced to 1918. It parallels the misguided fads of 2026 as yet again popular discourse tries to reinvent education in the age of AI, oblivious about the mistakes of the past.

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Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

2 weeks ago

Couldn’t agree more.

Greg Ashman @greg_ashman

2 weeks ago

Using inquiry learning to teach early literacy or numeracy is educational malpractice.

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Erica Sandberg @sandstorms

2 weeks ago

@CatherineCook58 @rastokke Good to hear! Hope you have a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

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Bennie🕊️ @Bennieeexyz

2 weeks ago

My high school math teacher Mr D was known for one thing. He reused the same exam questions every year. Just changed the numbers. Everyone knew it. He also made a very big deal of collecting every paper back after we reviewed our scores so nobody could pass them to the next year's class. Of course some of my classmates got their hands on a full set of tests from the previous year. Within a week everyone had a copy. Before every exam we'd sit together and work through every problem on the old test until we could solve them in our sleep. When the real exam landed the numbers were different but the logic was identical. We thought we were geniuses. Years later I became a teacher myself. Ran into Mr D at a funeral. Me: I have to confess something. Me: We had a copy of your old tests the whole time. Me: Full set. Every exam. Him: (smirked) Him: Who do you think leaked them? Me: (stared at him) Him: Kids won't study if a teacher tells them to. Him: But if they think they're getting away with something? Him: (shrugged) Him: They study all night. Me: (stood there) Me: (replayed four years of feeling clever) Me: (we were never clever) Me: (he played us perfectly) Me: (I became a teacher and I still got played) Me: (Mr D was built different)

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David Didau @DavidDidau

3 weeks ago

Schools haven’t changed all that much in 4000 years. In this post I discuss evolution, evolutionary psychology, culture and make the claim that schools are the first — and most important — educational technology. open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau…